Today in Cold War history 9/23
1949, President Harry S. Truman announced there was evidence the Soviet Union had recently conducted a nuclear test explosion. (The test had been carried out on Aug. 29, 1949.)
1950 – Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 the first US friendly-fire incident on British Military personnel since World War II occurred.
1955 – Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 – Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
1973 – Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1976 – Soyuz 22 returns to Earth
1982 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board.US Coptic Christians Come to Aid of Believers Persecuted in Egypthttp://www.newsmax.com/US/coptic-christian-u-said/2013/09/22/id/527023#ixzz2fjGy9mbZ